from what i remember a couple of weeks ago they said he has migraine like symptoms but all the test for migraines came back false and so that is what baffled them...
A friend of mine found out that she has it a couple of months ago. The vertigo and headaches are so bad, that she can't even leave the house. It is treatable, but right now, there is no cure. After getting on the medication, the number of episodes have really gone down as well as the magnitude.
I had a tumor removed from my inner ear about 4 years ago. It didn't cause any headaches or anything, but i lost 40% of my hearing in that ear.
This really is good news. I don't like to make light of the situation, but I am going to. Inner ear and VD in the same thread, that is awefull. Don't pass Stevie a razor, right Fromobile?
Well, that's good news. At least with Steve healthy, the Rockets are guaranteed to be mediocre for the next few years, instead of pitifully bad.
I really hope this takes care of Steve's problem--not just because of what he means to the team. I can't even imagine what it must be to live with what he has the last few months.
I think one of my best friends and basketball buddies has a condition that sounds like this. He has had the ringing and the dizziness and nausea. He's not complained of heacaches thank goodness. He's talked about facing hearing loss. He was an assistance high school basketball coach who had to quit because of an increasing sensitivity to crowd noise. I've not heard any specific diagnosis but I will ask.
At first I thought this was good news but now I'm not so sure. It sounds more serious than I thought. As for whether migraines are a symptom - a Doctor once told me that 9 out of 10 symptoms, seemingly unrelated to a known condition, will dissappear when the known condition is treated. They don't know why exactly - just a rule of thumb.
Originally posted by davo It is very serious. My wife's surgeon told her that eventually, she would die of Meniere's Disease, because the vertigo can strike at any time -- while driving, for instance! -- and generally weakens you if you are constantly fighting off dizziness and nausea. She has periodic vertigo attacks that are totally debilitating, as well as migraines, although she has never noticed a correlation between the two. This may be a coincidence, or the dizziness may in fact be triggering Steve's migraines. As for the good news, I hope they are right that Steve's disease can be managed with medication. The medication my wife is on is so strong that she cannot function while on it. It basically knocks her out, which is better than being awake if you're having an attack, but would make it pretty hard to play basketball...
It makes total sense to me that this disease could be a migrain trigger. Anything affecting the nerves in your head will trigger migraines (caffine and sinus headaches are common to triggering migraines as well). The migraines themselves can be treated and prevented, but this would explain why even with any drugs or therapy he might have been trying wouldn't make him well enough to play. And as far as I know, there aren't very many tests to determine if you have migraines. It is usually hard to diagnose because they only go be symptoms, which can be caused by a number of things. I hope this will work out for him. Well players are always better than sick ones.
Unfortunately, it appears Francis doesn't have much faith in this: http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/story.hts/sports/bk/bkn/1275065 <I>Rockets guard Steve Francis was happy to have found a potential cause of his frequent migraine episodes. He did not, however, consider the discovery of Meniere's disease to necessarily be the solution to his problem. ... Francis, 25, said he would change his diet but was skeptical that a simple diet change would solve the Meniere's disease and in turn stop his migraine pain. "They say that," Francis said. "I don't believe that. That's what they say. We'll see. I'm going to try. But that's not it." </i>
He is probably freaking out about it. I personally hope they are wrong. He is a 25 year old man, who is in peak physical condition, and all of the sudden he is told that he has this disease. I am sure he does not quite understand the ramifications, and neither do the rest of us. I guess we shall wait and see, but this could ruin a very promising career. Cross your fingers boys. DaDakota
The close relative of mine who has meniers disease had horrible problems for years. Finally he listened to a nutritionist and he cut his sodium intake drastically. Now his symtoms are a fraction of what they used to be, his attacks completely gone. Don't be such a pesimist Stevie Franchise, low salt might work. I played the game, and I know that when you are in a lot of pain it seems like the cure has to be something drastic, but it isn't always. In basketball you have to listen to your body. fromobile-
fromobile, So this person can now function normally? Is the disease progressive? Is it something that can be completly controlled, and why did Steve contract it all of the sudden? DaDakota
well, my relative has very bad hearing in one ear now. I'm not sure how a person trying to play in the NBA year in and year out would do. Actually, now that you mention it, my relative hates noisy environments....maybe stevie can play with earplugs? Stevie Francis seems to, so far, to not have a very serious case. Serious cases invlove vertigo attacks which would NEVER be mistaken for a migrane. My relative's condition has not gotten worse at all. I think if Steve treats his problem his migraines will stop, only because they said it was probably triggering the migranes. That implies to me that if his ear condition lightens a little it won't be a problem. I ain't a doctor. f-
